Collapsible barrel.



1 W. H. McCRERY.

COLLAPSIBLE BARREL.

APPLICATION FILED music. 1914.

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COLLAPSIBLE BARREL.

APPLICATION men JUNE 20. 1914.

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WILLIAM HfMcGRER-Y, OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.

COLLAPSIBLE BARREL.

Specification of Letters ratent.

Patented June 22, 1%15.

Application filed June 20, 1914. Serial No. 846,323.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that -I, VVILLIAM H. Mo CRERYfia citizen of the United States, residing at Savannah, in the county of Chatham andistate of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Barrels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in' collapsible barrels.

An important object of the invention is to provide a barrel of the above mentioned character, formed of few and simple parts,

' which may be quickly and easily assembled,

and which when in their knocked down condition will occupy the least space for the purpose of shipment or storage.

A further object ofthe invention is to provide a barrel of the above mentioned character, which is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, convenient in use, and highly sanitary.

A further object of the invention is to" provide a barrel of the above mentioned character, which is adapted to hold liquids, without leaking,

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description. I

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a barrel embodying my in ventign, parts being shown in section and parts broken away, Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 22 of Fig.1, Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail horizontal section through one of the joints of the stavesections, and, Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line l4 of Fig. 3.

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 5 designates stave-sections, which may be formed of compressed paper, fiber, wood or the like. These stave-sections are suitably curved in longitudinal and transverse cross-section and are tapered toward their opposite ends.

Secured to one longitudinal edge of each stave-section 5 is a tongue 6, preferably formed of sheet metal bent longitudinally upon itself, forming a hollow resilientelement. This tongue maybe secured to the stave-section by pins, screws, or the like as shown at 7 Secured to one longitudinal edge of each stave-section 5, as Inore clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3, is a double walled socket element 8. This socket element is preferably formed of a section of sheet metal bent upon itself for providing spaced walls 9, having a groove or socket 10 therebctween. The in nor side of the socket element is bent to form triangular-1y arranged walls 11, as shown. The walls 9 are suitably resilient, to cotipen ate with the resilient tongue 6, for affording a close or water tight connection or union therewith. The triangular arrangement of the walls 11 prevents the same from being readily crushed. by the contents of the bar rel and alsovcover openings in the tong 1e and groove elements, whereby the barrel is water tight. As clearly shown in Fig. 3,

the socket element is approximately W- =1 socket element 8 carried by the adjacent stave-section, as clearly illustratedin Fig. 2.

Each socket element is provided with preferably vertically arranged elongated. openings or slots 12, which are in registration and are adapted to register with corresponding openingsor slots 13 formed in the tongue 6 and corresponding openings or slots 14 formed in hoops 15, as shown. Thesesets of openings are formed at suitably spaced intervals upon the socket and tongue elements, there being any suitable number of hoops l5.

Keys 16 are provided to detachably hold or look the tongue within the socket. Each key comprises a shank 17, carrying at its inner end a transverse locking head 18 extending? laterally thcrebeyond for substantial distance, as shown. The outer end of the'shank 17 carries a turning head 19. It

annular flanges or rings 21, which are identical in all substantial respects with the hoop 15. The same keys 16 and associated elements are employed to detachably secure the rings 21 to the body portion of the barrel. The keys 16 holding the heads 20 in place, are, arranged eXteriorly of the heads.

' From the foregoingit is obvious that I have provided a barrel formed of few and simple parts, which .may be conveniently and quickly assembled and knocked down,

and when assembled will be water tight.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred-example of the same,-and that various changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from thespirit 9,015 the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

' Having described the invention, I claim l. A barrel of the character described,

comprising a plurality of stave-sections provided with double walled interfitting tongue and groove elements having apertures adaptedge of each stave-section and provided with transverse openings, a double walled socket element secured to the opposite longitudinal edge of each stave-section and having a groove to receive the tongue element and provided with transverse openings adapted for registration with the first named trans verse openings, and a key provided with a lateral extension to be inserted through the registering transverse openings and to be turned and held therein.

4. A barrel of .the character described, comprising a plurality of stave-sections, a

(topics of this patefit may be obtained for element secured to tha opposite longitudinal edge of each stave an adapted for insertion within the groove and having elongated openings to register with the firstnamed elongated openings, and keys for insertion through the registering elongated openings provided at their outer ends with turning heads and at their inner-ends with looking.

heads.

5. A barrel of the character. described, comprising a plurality of stave-sections provided with interfitting tongue and socket elements having apertures'adapted for registration, keys passed through the apertures to secure the tongue andsoglget elements together, and means arranged witliinthe barrel to cover the inner ends ofthe keys, whereby the barrel is substantially water tight, substantially as described. v

6. A barrel of the character described, comprising a'p'lurality of stave-sections provided with interfitting tongue and socket elements having apertures adapted for registrationfhoops surrounding the assembled stave-sections and provided with apertures adapted for registration with the first named apertures, elements adapted to be passed through the apertures from the exterior of the barrel, and elements arranged within the barrel to cover the inner ends of the first named elements whereby the barrel is substantially water tight, substantially as described. g

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses..

. WILLIAM H. McKlRERY.

Witnesses:

W. HICARTER, H. P. Cons.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patent! 7 Washington, D. Q. 

